Punching-bag suspension hanger



Feb. 6, 19235. 1,444,542

, J, G. GROSSHEIM PUNCHING BAG SUSPENSION HANGER Filed Dec. 50, 1921 ml. 7 I],

. ll .9 II 9 Patented Felon 6, i923.

ilhlllli PUNCHING-BAG SUSPENSION HANG-ER.

Application filed December 30, 1921. Serial No. 525,972.

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This invention relates to suspension dev1ces for punchmg or striking bags or balls that are extensively used for athletic eXer cise, and the object thereof is to provide a readily detachable ball and socket uppermember, a stirrup and adjustable-stem intermediate-member and loop-strap lower connecting-member that are arranged in vertical sequence whereby the punch or strike bag or ball may be suspended from a ceiling or other suitably elevated or overhead supporting-means and thereby adapted to be hung in the usual rebounding position before the athlete or otheriuser and to be readily released from said position b Y elmply unscrewing the ball-and-socket connection from the ceiling-plate, or otherwise disconnecting the bag or ball from its stirrupconnection with the said adjustable-stem, when it is desired to remove the bag or ball from using-placeand to thus provide for its safe-keeping when the user intends it for his purpose alone and not subject to undue wear and careless handling by others than himself, all of which is a desirable feature in the sale and use of sporting goods of this character, and the replacingor re-hanging of the bag or ball and its hangingdevice just as easily accomplished by simply sci-ew ing the socket-member'to the said ceilingplate, all of which will be fully hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the punchingbag outfit herein complete, the same being shown in suspended position (but with the bag on a slightly reduced seal ready for use; Fig. i, a similar view, at right-a thereto, however, and with the ceiling or overhead supporting-means omitted and also with the punching-bag broken oil just below its upper end or loop-tip; and Fig. 2-3, a vertical central or axial section of the hangerdo do: embodying my invention herein, (but omitting the stirrup-member.) 4 indicates the ordinary punching or strikirfg bag or ball, having a suspension loop or strap 5 that is stitched or otherwise secured in place to the tip or upper end 6 thereof.

7 indicates a cross-section of the ceiling or other suitable overhead-support for the hanging of the punching-bag in position for athletic or exercising use, such as buffeting it about with the clinched hand or fist in semblance of boxing, or in practicing for a boxing-bout.

8 indicates a circular disk or plate a circular series of holes 8 pierced tierein near its edge, for the entrance of the fastening-screws A central orifice 10 is provided in the plate 8, surrounded by a depending-flange 11, the latter being externally screw-threaded at 12 and shouldered at 13, as best shown in Fig. 3.

14: is a c *cular cup or box having an in ternal screw-thread 15 and provided with an orificed center 16, the latter being inwardly beveled as best shown at 1? in Fig. 3. Thiscup or box 14: is adapted to be readily screwed into fastening-place on the lower threaded-end of the depending-flange ll, as also best shown in tie said big. 3.

18 is a hollow partially-full spherical ball. opening upwardly and with its greatest diameter slightly larger than that of the beveled orificed-center 16 of the cup or box 1 11 in which it is adapted to pivotally-seat on the said bevel-edge 17, as also best shown in said Fig. 3, to form a balLand-socket hearing for universal swivel or pivotal movement within the range of the said ball 18. IL screw-threaded hole 19 is made in the lower central-portion of the hollow bearing ball 18 for the reception of the vertical screw-threaded stem or shank 20 that is ad justably-Inounted therein and is held in adjusted-position by means of a nut that seats on a selfadapting jamb-block 21 in the bottom of the cavity 22 of the said hollow bearing-ball 18. The lower end of the stem or shank 520 is made flat-sided to give it full-width strength and good wearable thickness, as shown at 2-3. and said lower end is pierced with a tran verse opening or hole shown in dotted-l. s in l 3.

25 is a stirrup having right-angled upper a yaw onus or iorks 26, 26, between which latter the lower flat-sided end 23 of the stem or shank 20 is interposed and ascrew 2-? is :d through a hole made in one of said jaw-forks 26, thence through the said hole 241- in the lower flat-sided end 23 of the stern or shank 20 and thence into and beyond a said stem or shank 20. To the lower cross-bar 28 or" the stirrup the loop or strap of the punching bag l is engaged, such ei'igagement being primarily effected by removing the screw 27 from the jaw-forks 26, 26, and withdrawing the stirrup from the lower end 23 o'l. the said stem or shank 20, and then placing said loop into the stirrup by way of the opening or gap between the said jaw- :torks, and then restoring the said screw 27 and the lower end 23 of the stem or shank into normal connected-position.

The principal feature of advantage in the use or my device herein is the readiness of iounting the bagand the ball-and-socket members that are connected together into suspended-positjion from screWed-connection of the cup or box ll with the dependingflange 11 of the ceiIing-plate or overheadsupport 8, the latter only being left in handy or ordinarily fixed place for the easy hanging of the punching-bag when it is desired for athletic use.

I claim 1. In a suspension-hanger device for punching-bags the combination of a ceilingor overhead member, a box having connection with said ceiling-member and pro vided with a central inwardly-beveled bearing-orifice, a spherical bearing-ball member pivotally-engaging the said beveled bearing-orifice in the box, and a stirrup-member having an upwardly-extending stein in engement with the lower extending-face of the said spherical bearing-ballmember and also provided with a lower cross-bar adapted for the reception and pivotal-engagement of the suspension-loop of the punching-bag.

:2. A suspension-hanger device for a punching-bag comprising aceiling diskmember having a central depending outwardly-threaded deep flange, a cup or box member havi 11g readily detachable threadedconnectlon with the said threaded flange of the said ceiling-member and also provided with an inwardly-beveled central bearingoriiice, a hollow partially-spherical ballinember pivotally-inounted in the said beveled bearing-orifice of the box-meniher, and a stirrup having an upwardlyextending stem pivotally-attached thereto and adapted to engage the lower extendingiace of the said ball-member and also provided with a lower crossbar that is adapted the reception and pivotal or swinging engagement of the suspending-loop of the punchingbag substantially as herein shown and described.

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